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Peter Beardsley
| Category: | Male Player |
| Year Inducted: | 2007 |
Peter Beardsley is a Geordie and a product of the famous Wallsend Boys Club. He came back to Newcastle United in 1983 via Carlisle, Vancouver and Manchester United. A local hero for the Magpies, and only a record fee of £1.9 million paid by Liverpool could prise him away. There he won a League title and the FA Cup. He played 59 games for England, most memorably in the 1986 World Cup finals, helping his strike partner Gary Lineker win the golden boot. But he also scored some great goals himself for club and country. He returned to Newcastle United in 1993 via Everton and under Kevin Keegan's management probably played the best football of his career. Les Ferdinand, on hearing of Beardsley's inclusion in the Hall of Fame, said: “It was an honour to play along side him.”